The average adult buck weighs about 140 pounds live weight and stands thirty two to thirty four inches at the shoulder .
He is about seventy inches long .
Deer weights vary depending upon the age, sex, diet, and the time of year the weight is checked .
The hair color is alike in both sexes .
During the summer , the upper parts of the body are reddish brown .
In the winter , they are greyish brown .
Summer hairs are short, thin, straight and wiry .
Winter hairs are long, thick, hollow and slightly crinkled .
Summer coats are shed in August and September, winter coats in May and June .
Fawns are born with white spots in the upper coat .
Whitetails have scent-producing glands: two tarsals, one inside each hind leg at the hock joint; two metatarsals, one on the outside of each hind leg between the hock and the foot; four interdigitals, one between the toes of each foot; and two preorbitals, one below inside corners of each eye.
Deer can run at 40 miles per hour for short bursts and maintain speeds of 25 miles per hour for longer periods.
They are also good jumpers capabloe of clearing obstacles up to nine feet high or 25 feet wide.
*Their keen senses of smell and hearing help them detect danger.
*Their keen senses of smell and hearing help them detect danger.